The Book Club meets monthly as indicated :
On the last Monday of the months listed below, at 7 p.m., in the parlour.
The monthly selection may be picked up at the meeting prior to its discussion, or in the library during office hours, or after church service on Sunday. Please be sure to sign the book out, noting the number contained therein. The books are provided to the Knox Book Club by the Guelph Public Library. Selections are available one month prior to discussion and must be returned to Knox by the date of discussion.
February 27, 2012
The Faith Club by Idliby, Oliver, and Warner
The Faith Club was started when Ranya Idliby, an American Muslim, recruited Suzanne Oliver, a Christian, and Priscilla Warner, a Jew, to write a children’s book about their three religions. As the women’s meetings began, it became clear they had their own adult struggles with faith and religion. With courage, pain, and sometimes tears, the three found themselves completely transformed by their experience inside the Faith Club. This is their story.
March 26, 2012
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Morton takes the reader on an unforgettable journey through generations and across continents as two women try to uncover their family’s secret past. The tale begins as a tiny girl is abandoned on a ship headed for Australia in 1913. Arriving with only a small suitcase, she is rescued and raised by the dockmaster and his wife as their own. When at 21 she learns the truth, she sets out to trace her real identity. Her search takes her to England’s Cornish coast in this spellbinding tale of mystery and self discovery.
April 30, 2012
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Following a marital disaster, Doyle retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland coast, where a rich cast of local characters and family members play a part in his struggle to reclaim his life. As he confronts his private demons – and the unpredictable forces of nature and society – he begins to see the possibility of love without pain and misery. This novel shows why Annie Proulx is recognized as one of today’s most gifted writers.
May 28, 2012
Left Neglected by Lisa Geneva
Sarah Nickerson is a busy, working, multi-tasking mother trying to be and do and have it all. One morning on the way to work, distracted by her cell phone, she crashes her car. She wakes up days later in a hospital with a traumatic injury and a bizarre condition called Left Neglect. This story is about her recovery; it is also about what we neglect in ourselves, our relationships, the world around us and about living a conscious life.
June 25, 2012
Room by Emma Donaghue
To 5-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world – where he was born, where he and his Ma eat and play and learn. To Ma, it’s the prison where she has been kept for 7 years, since she was 19. Through ingenuity and determination, Ma has created a life for her and her son, but Jack’s curiosity is building alongside her desperation. Told entirely in the inventive, often funny, voice of Jack, Room is a brilliantly executed novel about a journey from one world to another,
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